Welfare

Issue

Welfare

Today, more people than ever before depend on the federal government for housing, food, and income. Welfare policies should help those truly in need and empower Americans to achieve financial independence.

Stronger Families: How Welfare Policy Can Promote Family Formation, Grow Marriage Rates, and Diminish Abortion

Learn more about policies that truly improve the well-being of the poor, encourage work, and remove barriers to marriage with this explainer video.

BACKGROUNDER

House Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act: A Welfare Catastrophe

Mar 21, 2024 About an hour read

Author

Robert Rector

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REPORT

Marriage, Abortion, and Welfare

May 22, 2023 About an hour read

Author

Robert Rector

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Welfare Reform (Part 3)

We have been looking back on the great success of the bipartisan welfare reform act of 1996. In Part 1, Robert Rector told us

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Welfare Reform (Part 2)

This week, we break down the Biden administration’s plans to expand welfare. Jason Turner, executive director at Secretaries’

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Welfare Reform (Part 1)

It's been 25 years since President Clinton signed into law sweeping welfare reform. But while this massive bipartisan victory

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How the Marriage Penalty Is Hurting Low Income Communities

This week on the Heritage Explains podcast, Mimi Teixeira, a graduate fellow in welfare policy at The Heritage Foundation

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Welfare

W‌hen President Lyndon Johnson launched the War on Poverty, he said that it ‌was intended to strike “at the causes, not just

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Experts on Welfare

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Rachel Sheffield

Research Fellow, Center for Health and Welfare Policy

@RachelSheffiel2

Senior Research Fellow, Center for Health and Welfare Policy

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